Map Skills and Location Assessment

Use the map to answer the question. Which city is southeast of El Paso?

• Dallas

• Amarillo

• Fort Worth

• Brownsville

Match the following:

• key/legend

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• grid system

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• compass rose

• 
• map scale

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Use the map to answer the question. How many miles did Cabeza de Vaca travel across Texas?

• 50

• 250

• 500

• 900

The populations of four Texas cities in the year 2019 were as follows:

• * Houston: 2,320,268

• * San Antonio: 1,547,253

• * Dallas: 1,343,573

• *Austin: 978,908

• Which graph correctly represents the data?

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What type of map represents a different time period?

• climate

• historical

• physical

• population

Use the map to answer the question. Which landform is located at B,7?

• Rio Grande

• Pecos River

• Pummel Rock

• Guadalupe Peak

Globes are round models of the Earth and are useful when you need to see the Earth in a

• drawing of places around the world.

• cartographer's point of view.

• scale to tell distance from one place to another.

• more accurate , spherical shape.

The person who creates a map is called a

• cartographer
• geographer

• mapper

• grid maker

How do maps help people describe location?

• They always point north,

• They provide pictures of landforms.

• They represent distances between places.

• They contain population and climate data.

Select all that apply (2 Answers): Identify each example of absolute location.

• 5950 Sean Haggerty

• next to North

• below the billboard

• 1234 Main Street

• north of Pummel Peak